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The Scottish Clearances - A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900 (Paperback)
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The Scottish Clearances - A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900 (Paperback)
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'A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to
read it' Andrew Marr, Sunday Times Eighteenth-century Scotland is
famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which helped to
shape the modern world. But there was in the same period another
side to the history of the nation. Many of Scotland's people were
subjected to coercive and sometimes violent change, as traditional
ways of life were overturned by the 'rational' exploitation of land
use. The Scottish Clearances is a superb and highly original
account of this sometimes terrible process, which changed the
Lowland countryside forever, as it also did, more infamously, the
old society of the Highlands. Based on a vast array of original
sources, this pioneering book is the first to chart this tumultuous
saga in one volume, with due attention to evictions and loss of
land in both north and south of the Highland line. In the process,
old myths are exploded and familiar assumptions undermined. With
many fascinating details and the sense of an epic human story, The
Scottish Clearances is an evocative memorial to all whose lives
were irreparably changed in the interests of economic efficiency.
This is a story of forced clearance, of the destruction of entire
communities and of large-scale emigration. Some winners were able
to adapt and exploit the new opportunities, but there were also
others who lost everything. The clearances created the landscape of
Scotland today, but it came at a huge price.
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